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12/13/2006

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New firefighter's enter into one of three categories. What are they?
Definition
1) career
2) paid on call
3) volunteer
Term
What are the three duties of every fire department?
Definition
1) life safety
2) incident stabilization
3) property conservation
Term
What shows the structure of the fire department and its chain of command?
Definition
-an organizational chart
Term
What is the principle that a person can report to only one supervisor?
Definition
-Unity of Command
Term
What is division of labor?
Definition
-dividing large jobs into small jobs
Term
What are the three main reasons why division of labor is important in the fire service?
Definition
1) to assign responsibility
2) to prevent duplication of effort
3) to make specific and clear-cut assignments
Term
What refers to an organization's responsibility to provide the direction needed to satisfy the goals and objectives it has identified?
Definition
-discipline
Term
What is the standard operating unit of a fire department?
Definition
-a company
Term
What is a company?
Definition
-a group of firefighter's assigned to a particular piece of fire apparatus or to a particular station
Term
What does an Engine Company do?
Definition
-deploys handlines for fire attack and exposure protection
Term
What truck performs forcible entry, search and rescue, ventilation, salvage and overhaul, and provides access to upper levels of a structure?
Definition
-Truck (Ladder) Company
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